Hamm v. Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. et al

  1. October 07, 2024

    Hospital Says 5th Circ. Should Weigh In On Decertification Bid

    A hospital operator urged a Louisiana federal court Monday to allow the Fifth Circuit to decide whether a collective of nurses should be disbanded, arguing the appeals court has not yet determined if decertification is permissible when a trial court uses a more rigorous standard to greenlight certification.

  2. September 09, 2024

    Hospital Operator Can't Disband Nurses' Meal Break Collective

    A Louisiana federal judge refused to dissolve a collective of nurses in a suit accusing a hospital operator of failing to pay them for meal breaks they could not take due to constant interruptions, saying the company's request is improper at this stage in the litigation.

  3. April 04, 2024

    Louisiana Nurses' Attys Sanctioned Over Missed Depositions

    Nurses who abruptly canceled or gave inconsistent testimony at their depositions must pay the hospital they accused of underpaying them nearly $10,000 in sanctions for their lack of cooperation, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Thursday.

  4. March 08, 2024

    La. Hospital Wants Atty Sanctions Over Missed Depositions

    Attorneys representing a collective of nurses accusing a Louisiana hospital of failing to pay them for missed meal breaks should be sanctioned over their clients' multiple canceled or no-show depositions, the hospital told a federal judge.

  5. January 12, 2024

    La. Hospital Seeks To Dissolve Nurses' Meal Break Collective

    A hospital operator urged a Louisiana federal judge Friday to break up a collective of nurses in a suit accusing the hospital of failing to pay them for meal breaks they could not take due to constant interruptions, saying they have "dramatically different" claims that were ill-suited for collective treatment.

  6. May 02, 2023

    Nursing Cos. Call Workers' Discovery Requests Harassment

    A group of nurses filed a bad faith bid to compel several staffing companies to file supplemental responses to the nurses' discovery requests in a dispute over meal break pay, the companies told a Louisiana federal court Tuesday, saying the request is an effort to harass them.

  7. July 14, 2022

    Nurses Nab Collective Cert. In Unpaid Meal Break Suit

    A group of nurses secured conditional collective certification in a Louisiana federal suit accusing their employers of failing to pay workers for meal breaks that were continually interrupted due to their work duties.